Before, under and after the takeover of
Sudetenland a number of provisional cancels were used.
When the Czechoslovak postal authorities left Sudetenland they took with them
most of the supplies of stamps, postal stationery and cancels. As a result, the
new German postal authorities had to have new cancels made.

Card
from Asch cancelled with a bilingual cancel of Czechoslovakian origin and
a provisional cancel made by the Sudetenland Freecorps.
The text on the later: "We have thrown off the yoke, now we are free
and stay free! Post office Asch 1 on the 21th of september 1938.
The card was send to Switzerland and the stamp are one of the provisional
stamps from Asch.
Only 43200 (of this design) were overprinted in Asch.

During
the unrest, in late september, 1938, the Sudetenland Freecorps
took control of parts of the northwest of Sudetenland.
From here we see the first provisionel cancels. Some of these
had obviously been prepared in advance.

When the
German postal authorities moved into Sudetenland in the
transition period they had with them many cancels.
There were many types and they were supplied by the German
Regional Head Offices in the areas nearest to the zones of the
occupied territory.

However, many
post offices did not get any cancels. They had to use what was
avaible or make some new cancels.
From this short period we see a varity from altered
Czecholovakian cancels to crude, primitive homemade cancels as
well as rich engraved cancels.

The
colors of the ink used varies although black was most used.
However, one can also find red, violet ,blue, brown and green.

Cover
send from Gross-Schönau to Copenhagen, Denmark cancelled with a
provisional cancel with fixed date, made by the Sudetenland
Freecorps, and a bilingual cancel where the Czech part was
removed.

Picture
postcard send from Jägerndorf cancelled with a provisional
cancel supplied by the German Regional Head Post Office in
Oppeln. The two other primitive provisional cancels with two
straight lines and swastikas were localy made.
The inscription reads: "Our Führer, the liberator is here". "The days of liberation".

Cover
from Niederhof send to Czechoslovakia cancelled with a rich engraved provisional cancel without date.

Official
cover cancelled with a primitive provisional cancel, with
fixed date, in red.
The text reads: "The Führer in Freudenthal,
7.10.1938.